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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan was threatened by China while they were getting pushed from north by the Soviet Union. Japan surprised Manchuria with an attack. Japan invaded Manchuria because they wanted resources. This is important because Japan was very low on resources and this almost started WWII. https://play.history.com/list/washington-preview-list -
Nuremberg Laws Were Enacted
The Nuremberg Laws were enacted by the Reichstag on 15 September 1935 at a special meeting during the annual Nuremberg Rally in the Nazi party. This is important because the Nazi Party was talking in a meeting about the Nuremberg Laws and could’ve changed the Nuremberg Laws. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nurnberg-Laws -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy invades Ethiopia because Ethiopians had to be
ruled by Italians and. The Ethiopian army was really wealthy and poor. This Is important because the war demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations when League decisions were not supported by the great powers. https://www.britannica.com/event/Italo-Ethiopian-War-1935-1936 -
Germany Invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland because Hitler wanted his land back and wanted to rule Poland. Hitler wanted to rule Poland because was planning to do something to Germany. This is important because this invasion struck the beginning of WWII -
Operation Gomorrah
On this day the British bomber raid hamburg, Germany every night while America bombs Germany every day. British suffered because Germany killed around 167 civilians during the raids in July. This is important because the British got their payback with a few more countries. -
Auschwitz consecration camp opens
The Auschwitz consecration camps opened in May 20 1940 and it was the largest Nazi party death camps. The consecrations camps were served as a detention in Poland for political prisoners. This is important because it was the largest of all the consecration camps. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/auschwitz -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was when the Nazi party launched a big Blitzkrieg and hit Western Europe. Hitlers army overran France, Belgium and The Netherlands. In the matter of time Britain was the only one standing. Germany then tried to convince Britain to surrender without a fight but it didn’t happen. This is important because it ended the battle of France bunt started ther Battle of Britain. https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-battle-of-britain -
Operation Barbarossa
The Operation Barbarossa was when the Soviet Union invaded Rumania in1940. After that hitler saw saw a threat to his oil supply. He immediately responded by moving two armored and 10 infantry divisions into Poland, posing a counterthreat to Russia. This is important because This invasion towards Russia was the first ever fight between Germany and Russia. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-launches-operation-barbarossathe-invasion-of-russia -
Japan attack in Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks the U.S Naval base in Pearl Harbor. This attack put worst relations between USA and Japan. Japan attacked The US because the USA was secretly giving materials and recourses to China so China could fight strong against Japan. This is quite important because the fight between Japan and China was a long fight and the US tried to stop it. https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack -
Japanese Internment
Japanese Internment was when Frankfurt Roosevelt announced the Japanese camps in 1942 because of the Pearl harbor attack. Frankfurt Roosevelt idea was to punish the Japanese for what they did. This is important because it was a worldwide punishment even for Japanese Americans. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation -
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Midway was the most decisive fight against the U.S and Japan. The fight was a air and ground battle with the outnumbered U.S army. Japans leader wanted to destroy the U.S. The Japanese outnumbered many countries and the U.S was on their list. This is important because This fight was the most decisive fight in WWII. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-midway-begins -
Battle of Tunis
The Battle of Tunis was when the Axis powers started to arrive in Tunisia in early November and were reinforced in the fortnight until they numbered about 20,000 combat troops. When British general Kenneth Anderson commanded the invasion. This is important because Tunis had a lot of resources like oil. https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II/Tunisia-November-1942-May-1943 -
D-Day
D-Day started with the Allied liberation Western Europe and ended with the Nazis control. 156,000 Americans, British, and Canadian landed on 5 beaches of the heavily guarded coast of France, Normandy. This is important because it was one of the largest most deadliest military assaults in history. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans launched a offensive of the war in 1944 called operation mist. This was an attempt to push The Allied powers from the northern France to the northern Belgium. This is important because the Germans created a bulge in America -
Atomic bombs drop on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
U.S president Harry S. Truman received a letter that scientists in New Mexico successfully detonated a Nuclear device in New. Harry Truman and British prime minister talked to Stalin and said they had “a new weapon”. Days after the Potsdam conference Enola Gay dropped the uranium bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Days after, the U.S dropped a bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. This is important because it ended war. https://www.history.com/news/hiroshima-nagasaki-bombing-wwii-cold-war
